Given name & surname
Jurgen
“one who works the earth; a farmer”·“farmer”·“one who works the earth”
Jurgen is a form of George. George’s Greek root means “farmer” or “one who works the earth.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In German use, Jurgen carries the interpretation “one who works the earth; a farmer.” Jurgen is a form of George. George’s Greek root means “farmer” or “one who works the earth.”
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Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
How it developed
Jurgen is used as a form of George. Jurgen is a form of George. The shared background comes through George: Georgios comes from georgos, built from elements meaning “earth” and “to work.” Latin Georgius and Old French forms helped carry it into English.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1932. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Jurgen is a form of George. The history of George gives this family its wider story. Saint George gave the name a religious and legendary association; the dragon story developed in the Middle Ages. In England, George I’s accession in 1714 helped increase the name’s use beyond its earlier saintly associations.
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Jurgen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 450
- 450 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 24 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,169 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −24%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,169 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 24 in 2015. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,331 as a first name in 2020; 104 as a surname in 2010.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jurgen’s family of names
Jurgen is a form of George. In Swedish usage, Jurgen has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Jorge. Jurgen has a related form in Jorgen.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 57
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Georgebase name
- JorgeSpanish
- Jordiequivalent
- Giorgioequivalent
- Georgiosequivalent
- Georgesequivalent
- Gevorgequivalent
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- Jornequivalent
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- Jurijequivalent
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- Đurađequivalent
- Jiříequivalent
- Єгорequivalent
- Jüriequivalent
- Jurequivalent
- Jürgequivalent
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- Егорequivalent
- გიორგიequivalent
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- Chorcheequivalent
- Jörgequivalent
- Gorchequivalent
- Jureequivalent
- Jørgenequivalent
- Georgiusequivalent
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- Juroequivalent
- Jørnequivalent
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- Jyrkiequivalent
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- Jordequivalent
- Gheorgheequivalent
- Jurajequivalent
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- Đuroequivalent
- Γεώργιοςequivalent
- Jurgisequivalent
- Գևորգequivalent
People named Jurgen
- Jurgen EkkelenkampDutch association football player (born 2000)
- Jurgen Van den Broeckroad bicycle racerborn 1983
- Jurgen Van de Walleroad bicycle racerborn 1977
- Jurgen StreppelDutch footballer and managerborn 1969
- Jurgen Van Goolenroad bicycle racerborn 1980
- Jurgen van den GoorberghDutch motorcycle racerborn 1969
- Jürgen CavensBelgian footballerborn 1978
- Jurgen BardhiAlbanian association football playerborn 1997
- Jurgen MattheijDutch footballerborn 1993
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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